Almighty painter

Chapter 63 I Found You, My Van Gogh

One piece [10] points, one piece [9] points.

All the staff of the recording team in the field, as well as all the audience who are watching the video, know that the suspense of the championship of this game will only appear between these two works.

After Anna finished scoring, the scores of other amateur judges continued the suspense.

The bearded uncle, the insurance security officer, seemed determined to believe that the work of the artist Van Dorn should be the winning work of this competition.

He only gave Jane Arnold [9] points, and the colored pencil drawings only got [8] points.

When I got to the fan brother, the score was completely reversed. The former gave [8] points, and the latter gave the full score [10].

"It seems that the ending is not surprising. Even in this kind of art competition held by Internet celebrities, Master Jane Arnold can still win the final victory."

Seeing this moment, Sakai Tsunasho thinks that the ending has no suspense at all.

Because only Mr. Hyperion has not yet given his own rating.

It doesn't surprise him that the dreadlocked fanboy prefers colored pencil drawings.

This kind of realistic painting is more pleasing to the eyes of non-professional judges.

But Mr. Hyperion was different.

Sakai Tsunamasa is an old fan of 【Mr. Hyperion Channel】,
Judging from the previous videos of the other party he followed in the past, this super Internet celebrity is a person with a very high emotional intelligence.

Master Jane Arnold winning the game would have been the best of both worlds.

Mr. Hyperion has no reason to embarrass a master artist.

What's more, the lady judge in the wheelchair also pointed out that the other painting was by no means perfect, which gave the other party a lower score.

"I guess he would give Jane Arnold's work [10] points, as for another colored pencil drawing..."

Mrs. Sakai speculated: "The high probability is [9] points, and [8] points are also quite possible. It's a pity that the story of David defeating Goliath is only a myth after all."

"It's a pity. Although it's just a competition hosted by Youtube UP, the champion is the champion. Even if the difference between the champion and the runner-up is only one point, the meaning is completely different."

Sakai Katsuko shook his head regretfully.

"However, this video is already topical enough. Losing to a world-class artist like Jane Arnold is more or less an honorable defeat."

She also didn't understand why the painter made a mistake on such a trivial detail and wasted such a good opportunity.

Sheng Zi, who has won a series of awards in various art competitions since she was a child, knows very well that sometimes the champion and the runner-up only have one place, and the benefits and attention they receive are completely different.

Like that classic English proverb, "The second man to step on the moon is not remembered."

She felt sad for the unknown painter.

Although this video is topical enough, no matter who the mysterious painter is, he will become famous in the first battle.

But competing with a master on the same stage and gaining the opportunity and honor to defeat the opponent may be once in a lifetime.

"The two works have scored 27 points and 27 points respectively. And the last two cards in my hand determine the ending of this $100 to $[-] million challenge... Who is the champion of this game?"

Thomas didn't hold back.

He directly flipped over the card in his left hand.

"Let us congratulate the artist Mr. Jane Arnold for being the winner of this competition."

An imperceptible regret flashed in Anna's eyes.

Without any surprise, Thomas gave Jane Arnold's crayon drawing a perfect score [10], which was what she expected.

As soon as she pointed out the shortcomings of another colored pencil drawing, Ana knew that she had killed the other party's chances of winning the championship.

That fool painter asked for it.

She was a little sad, but she didn't regret it.

"as well as-"

Thomas unexpectedly prolonged the ending: "There is also this mysterious painter who also won the championship of this challenge with a total score of 37 points."

He flipped over another card, and there was another [10] points on it.

"It's not a good choice."

Anna shook her head.

She felt that for the sake of the effect of the video, Mr. Hyperion specially gave another painter who didn't pay enough attention to his own works, a victory that didn't belong to him.

If a person who makes a mistake does not pay for it, then he will not remember the lesson of this mistake.

On this point, Anna's point of view is almost exactly the same as that of Cao Lao when he reprimanded Gu Weijing.

“This is my first tie-breaker during the [$100 to $[-] million] series. I assure you, it’s not a script by design, nor is I intentionally choosing a rating with the most views .It’s just that I think the mistakes made by this painter are justifiable.”

Since it is a challenge, in Thomas's previous series of videos, there have also been projects with lower costs and higher scores.

For example, in the issue of Undersea Challenge, everyone generally believed that spending millions of dollars was boring and boring, but it was not as interesting as surfing on a speedboat worth a thousand dollars.

But such a controversial tie-breaker.

But this is definitely the first real time.

Thomas signaled the photographer to turn the video camera to the seven illustrations that were already lined up in front of the camera.

He is the only one who knows the details of these seven illustrations.

Thomas is not as demanding on art perfection as Anna is, and he is willing to give another amazing colored pencil drawing the same full score.

"It's good enough in my opinion, so good that I have to give it a [-] because of the price," he commented to the camera.

The video goes to the point where the author of each painting is revealed.

The first to be revealed were the few paintings that had no suspense during the previous recording process.

The two more abstract paintings are the one-dollar graffiti of a homeless man and the one-hundred-thousand-dollar pioneering work of the artist Mr. Van Dorn.

The crayon drawing that just won the championship of this challenge did not have any surprises, and Jane Arnold and a long string of zeros were written on the back of the $100 million.

The remaining four illustrations of unknown origin - Thomas were handed over to the four judges.

They will pull off the tape behind the frame in order of scoring, revealing the painters and corresponding amounts below.

The fan brother was the first to uncover the tape behind the Ps-altered illustration—[Fiverr owner, クレヨンしんちゃん, one hundred dollars].

Then there is the absolutely qualified but ordinary work with no artistic characteristics in the hands of the insurance security officer——[Fiverr owner, Bruno painter's studio, one thousand dollars].

"Wait, I'll go... the result won't be so outrageous, will it?"

At this moment, Professor Sakai's family, who were watching the video at the coffee table, seemed to realize something.

Everyone held their breath.

"It's unbelievable, if that's the case... just like Mr. Hyperion said, everything has an explanation."

Komatsu Taro's voice was soft as if he was whispering in a dream.

Anna blinked.

As if she finally realized something, she looked down at the picture frame in her arms, her pale face suddenly turned a little red.

While admiring the paintings, she recognized works by Jane Arnold and Van Dorn.

As for this amazing colored pencil drawing in my hand.

She always thought it was a $[-] work by an introverted first-rate painter who was not well-known in the art circle.

There are tens of thousands of illustrators in the world, and it is very common to have a few buried treasure painters, especially the way the other party doesn't care much about his own works, and he looks like a weird weirdo.

The good life from childhood to adulthood made Anna make exactly the same mistake as Taro Komatsu.

She was used to those expensive works of art, and she took it for granted that any outstanding painter would be able to get treatment that matched her painting skills.

The reason why Van Gogh is the Van Gogh that makes people sigh is that such a situation is really rare.

There is only one case in the whole history.

Even after the twentieth century, there were quite a few great artists who became famous after their death, but if you look at the so-called late bloomers in modern art history who became famous after their death, they only sold from $10,000+ for a painting to a few dollars for a painting. Jumping between tens of millions of dollars.

It's so miserable that no one can buy it for a few guilders like Van Gogh, and he can't even afford a canvas, but there are almost no great artists who rose to fame after death.

In fact,
Van Gogh's tragedy is also related to his crazy personality.

This is not a normal artist.

After Van Gogh's death, his sister-in-law sent his collection of paintings to participate in some art exhibitions, and it didn't take long for him to become famous.

Anna was completely unaware of the possibility that the painting would sell for under a thousand dollars.

So now, there are only two works left unannounced.

One was priced at ten thousand dollars, while the other was... just an unreasonably cheap ten dollars.

ten dollars!!!
She and Thomas removed the tape behind the drawing paper almost at the same time.

"Fiverr owner, Detective Cat - ten dollars."

Seeing the string of letters, Anna's mind went blank.

"Found you, my Van Gogh."

Such thoughts flashed through her mind.

(End of this chapter)